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Nov 24, 2024
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2023-2024 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Medical Office Specialist, CTS
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The Certificate of Technical Studies in Medical Office Specialist program prepares students for entry level positions with administrative functions in medical coding or medical billing.
Learning Outcomes:
- Distinguish among Medicare Parts A, B, C, D
- Interpret rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Summarize basic health insurance and managed care concepts
- Understand conventions and other official instructional notations
- Identify the characteristics of the Alphabetic Index
- Identify the characteristics of the Tabular List
- Apply the Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting
- Demonstrate ability to utilize the Alphabetic Index and Tabular List
- Understand the steps to accurate coding
- Demonstrate the ability to report diagnoses with I-10
- Demonstrate the ability to assign HCPCS codes
- Append modifiers
- Describe the job responsibilities of a health insurance.
- Identify coding and reimbursement professional associations and credentials offered
- Describe the processing of an insurance claim from patient appointment through claims submission.
Required courses for the Certificate of Technical Studies in Medical Office Specialist:
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Total Credit Hours: 25
**Must be taken concurrently with MOS 110.
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